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Mansfield High School to Take Part in WGBH High School Quiz Show Qualifier

Foxborough High School will vie with 140 schools for one of 16 spots in the knockout-style tournament.

Will Foxborough High School be among the 16 teams that will qualify for one of the top high school quiz competitions in the state?

A squad of local high schoolers will try to make it to the knockout phase of WGBH’s High School Quiz Show next month when they take part in the show’s Super Sunday qualifyer. The school will be among 140 teams that are scheduled to participate in the qualifier set for Nov. 15.

The top 16 teams will advance to compete in the televised, single-elimination, bracketed academic tournament that will determine a state champion. The season will culminate in the winner taking on the winner of New Hampshire Public Television’s Granite State Challenge for the Governor’s Cup.This season’s Governor’s Cup Challenge will be hosted by WGBH.

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